Cheese-cutter.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

A. A. GULDENAEM. CHEESE GUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. Z9, 1906.

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ADAM A. GULDENARM, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed January 29, 1906. Serial No. 298,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM A. GULDEN- ARM, a citizen of the 'UnitedStates, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cheese-Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cheese cutter of that type whereby a vcheeseof circular form may be readily divided into slices or pieces of apredetermined weight or into pieces or slices which are to be sold at apredetermined price.

The object of this invention is to produce a cutter of this characterwhich is simple and inexpensive in construction and which can be readilyset and operated for obtaining slices of a certain weight or salable ata certain price.

In the accompanying drawings consisting of two sheets z-Figure 1 is avertical sectional elevation of the cheese cutter taken in line 1 1,Fig. '3. Fig` 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section in line 2--2, Fig.l. Fig. 3 is-a top plan view of the frame and the means for rotating thecheese supporting board. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary iront elevation of theframe, stops and operating lever. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary verticalsection in line 5-5, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The frame of the cheese cutter consists essentially of a horizontal ringA supported by feet a and a cross bar B extending diametrically acrossthe ring.

C represents the horizontally rotatable board or table upon which thecheese c, shown by dotted lines in Eig. l, is supported while being cutinto pieces. The cheese board is pivotally supported by means of a gridor plate secured to the underside of the board and having a hub D at itscenter and a marginal rin E, a vertical centering pin or spindle E beingarranged in an opening d in the hub D and the central part of the cheeseboard, and lugs e rising from the upper edge of the trame ring andslidingly supporting the ring E. The centering pin is formed on theupper end of a bolt F1 which is arranged in a stud or boss t on thecentral part of the cross bar B and held in place by the headf at itslower end bearing against the underside of the cross bar and a nut f1arranged on the thread of the bolt and bearing by means of anintervening washer j against the upper side of said boss.

The upper end of the centering pin or spindle is tapered so as to permitof inserting the same more easily into the opening d.

G represents the blade or knife whereby the cheese is out radially intosector shaped pieces. This blade is arranged on a vertically swingingarm or handle g pivoted to brackets g1 on Aone side of the frame, in anysuitable and well known manner. The mechanism for intermittentlyrotating the cheese board and advancing different parts of the cheese tothe blade is constructed as `followsz-H represents a horizontallyrotating clutch wheel pivotedon the upper part or' the boss l) betweenIthe shoulder h thereon and the washer f2 and provided at its peripherywith a depending clutch rim h1. Adjacent to its periphery the clutchwheel is provided with an upwardly rojecting coupling pin i whichengages wit a notch or recess c'l in the edge of the hub D, whereby thecheese board is caused to turn with the clutch Wheel. The centering andcoupling pins E, 'i and cooperating central opening d and recess il forma detachable connection between the cheese board and clutch wheel whichpermits of readily removing and replacing the board Jfor cleaning thesame more easily. J represents a horizontally movable rock arm arrangedbelow the clutch wheel and pivoted at its inner end or hub j, on thelower part of the boss of the cross bar and resting on a shoulder jlformed by said b'ar. Upon the outer part of the rock arm is looselysupported a clutch bar or pawl K which extends underneath the adjacentpart of the clutch rim and is rovided with inner and outer clutch jaws.1, k2 which are arranged on the inner and outer sides of the clutchrim. These jaws are preferably formed by making an oblique recess on theu per side of the clutch bar, whereby the c utch jaws are produced whichtaper forwardly to a knife edge, the edges of both jaws being arrangedat diagonally opposite corners of said recess, as shown in Fig. 3. At-

its inner end and on the iront side the clutch pawl or bar bears looselyagainst a front abutment Z consisting of a lug which rises from the rockarm while its rear side bears loosely near its outer end againstA a rearabutment L consisting oi a horizontal screw which is arranged in alug Z1rising from the adjacent part of the rock arm. M represents ahorizontally oscillating operating or hand lever whereby the clutch isoperated for effecting the forward rotation of the cheese board. Thelever is pivoted by avertical screw or' bolt n to a lug nl on the rearpart of the ring A and has a central depressed part m which is arrangedbelow the clutch wheel, an elevated front part or handle m1 whichprojects over the front part of the frame ring, and an elevated rearpart m2 which extends underneath the outer end of the clutch pawl orbar. This end of the latter is provided with an outwardly opening,recess or slot 0 which receives a vertical pin 01 on the rear part ofthe hand lever, whereby these parts are operatively connected. Uponturning the hand lever forwardly, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3,the outer end of the clutch bar will be tilted so th at the edges of thejaws grip the clutch rim on opposite sides and radially out of line,thereby coupling the clutch wheel and bar and causing the cheese boardto be moved forwardly with the hand lever. During this forward movementof the clutch bar it bears against the front lug Z and thereby causesthe rock arm to turn in the same direction. Upon moving the hand leverin the reverse direction the first effect is to tilt the clutch bar inthe opposite direction until .its outer part bears against the screw Lwhereby the jaws are disengaged from opposite sides of the clutch rim,andV the clutch bar is moved backwardly idly to the end of the stroke inthis direction while the clutch wheel and cheese board remain at rest.During the first part of the subsequent forward movement of the handlever the clutch bar is first tilted into such a position that its jawsgrip the clutch rim after which the clutch wheel and cheese board againmove forward another step with the .hand lever, this operation beingrepeated for each oscillation of the hand lever. Inasmuch as the handlever is pivoted eccentrically to the pivot of the clutch wheel and rockarm the pin 01 of the hand lever moves lengthwise of the slot 0 in theclutch pawl or bar while oscillating those parts. By advancing orretracting the abutment screw L the slack between the clutch bar androck arm may be nicely `adjusted to couple the clutch bar and rimwithout undue lost motion. It will be observed that in this constructionof clutch the bar is confined against endwise movement solely byengagement of the jaws against o posite sides of the clutch rim andagainst ateral movement by the front and rear abutment on the rock arm.

The front arm or handle m1 of the operating lever is comparatively longwhile the rear arm m2 thereof is short so that a considerable movementof the front arm produces a comparatively small effective movement ofthe rear arm for turning the cheese board.

The backward stroke of the hand lever is arrested by a fixed 'back stopel which preferably also forms one of the supporting lugs of the cheesetable so that this lever always begins its forward stroke at the sameplace. Vilhen it is desired to feed the cheese forward for cutting off apiece of a certain weight the forward movement of the hand operatedlever M is arrested by means of a stop P arranged on the front side ofthe frame ring and projecting upwardly into the path of the hand leverM. This stop is provided on its lower part with a flat sided guide lug pwhich projects inwardly into a circumferential adjusting slot Q formedon the front part of the frame ring.

R represents a clamping block bearing against the inner side of theframe ring on opposite sides of the slot Q and having two outwardlyprojecting guide lugs r, 1^ Which enter the adjusting slot on oppositesides of the front guide lug ya. The lugs p and r prevent the stop andblock from turning on the frame but permit of adjusting the samelengthwise in the slot 'S is a clamping screw which connects the stop Pand clamping block R and whereby these parts may be drawn firmly againstopposite sides of the fr ame ring for holding the stop in place.

By adjusting the stop P lengthwise of the slot Q the hand lever may bearrested at different points in its forward movement and the cheese maybe fed' forward varying distances during each strokeof the hand lever asmay be required for oubtaining slices of a predetermined weight.

For convenience in setting the stop P for dividing a cheese into piecesof a certain thickness and weight a scale T is provided which is securedto the front side of the frame lengthwise above the adjusting slot.Cheese is usually sold by weight in pieces of half a pound or multiplesthereof or in pieces or slices which are worth five cents each and thescale T is therefore graduated accordingly. For arresting the hand leverif the desired slice of cheese is to be of a certain predeterminedselling price another stop U is provided which is arranged in advance ofthe stop P. The price stop U andthe means for adjusting the same in theslot Q are the same as those of the weight stop P with the exceptionthat the price stop is capable of being folded and rendered inoperativewhen not required. stop is `composed of a lower section u having a guidelug u1 projecting into the adjusting slot Q, an upper section aL pivotedby a horizontal pin a3 to the lower section so that the same can beturned upwardly into the path of the hand lever M or folded downwardlyout of the path of said lever, a clamping block V engaging with the rearside of the frame ring on opposite sides of the slot Q For this purposethe priceA and having guide lugs o, o which project outwardly into theslot Q on opposite sides of the lug al, and a clamping screw 'c1connecting the lower stop section a and clamping block V. The upward orstraightening movement of theupper section of the price stop relativelyto the companion lower section is preferably limited by cooperatingshoulders w, w1 formed on these parts adj acent to the pivotalconnection between the same, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Assuming that it is desired to sell a cheese weighing 30 pounds atsixteen cents a pound, netting a total of $4.80, lit follows that thecheese must be divided into ninety-six five cent pieces or into sixtyhalf pound pieces in order to realize this sum. Accordingly the pricestop U is set at 96 on the scale T and the weight sto P is set at 60thereon. In this position o the stop U each full stroke of the handlever M from the back stop el to the piece stop U will advance thecheese toward the blade or knife the required extent for cutting olf apiece worth five cents, 1f a piece worth ten-cents is desired the handlever is moved forward twice and repeated in like manner for multiplesthereof. When the customer wishes to buy cheese by weight the uppersection a of the piece stop U is turned down out of the path of thehandlever and the latter is then moved forward a full stroke to theweight stop P, thereby advancing the cheese toward the knife to theextent of half a pound. Each additional full forward stroke of the handlever against the weight stop P advances the cheese in like multiples.

I claim as my invention 1. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, acheeseboard, means for rotating said board having a clutch wheel, andmeans'for coupling said wheel and board consisting of a grid or platesecured to said board and having a notch or recess outside of its pivotand a pin arranged on said wheel and engaging with said notch or recess,substantially as set forth.

2. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, consisting of a ring, atransverse bar extending dianietrically across said ring and a bossrising from the center of said bar, a cheese board pivoted on said boss,means for rotating said board having a clutch wheel pivoted on saidboss, a grid or plate secured. to said board and having a recess on oneside of its pivot, and a pin arranged on said clutch wheel and engagingwith said recess, substantially as set forth.

3. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, consisting of a ring, atransverse bar extending diametrically across said ring and a bossrising from the center of said bar, a cheese board arranged above theframe, a grid or plate secured to the under side of the board, a boltsecured vertically in said boss and provided at its upper end with apivot spindle which enters an opening formed centrally in said grid orplate and board, and means for rotating the board having a clutch wheelpivoted on said boss, and a pin arranged on said wheel and entering arecess in said grid, substantially as set forth.

4. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, consisting of a ring, atransverse bar extending diametrically across said ring and a bossrising from the center of said bar, a cheese board arranged above theframe, a grid secured to the underside of the board, a bolt arrangedvertically in the boss and provided at its lower end with a head bearingagainst the underside of said boss, at its upper end with a pivotspindle entering an opening in the center of said grid and board and beAtween its ends with a nut which bears against the upper end of saidboss, and means for rotating said board comprising a clutch wheelpivoted on the upper reduced end of said boss between a shoulder thereonand said nut, a pin arranged on said wheel and entering a recess in saidgrid, a rock arm pivoted on the lower enlarged part of said boss, and aclutch pawl operating to couple and uncouple said rock arm and clutchwheel, substantially as set forth.

5. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, a cheese board pivoted on theframe, and means for rotating the board comprising a clutch wheeloperatively connected with said board and having a rim, a rock armpivoted concentrically with said wheel, a front abutment arranged on therock arm on the inner side of said rim, a rear abutment arranged on saidarm on the outer side of said rim, a clutch pawl supported on said armbetween said abutments and having two jaws adapted to engage withopposite sides of said rirn, and a hand lever operatively connected withsaid pawl, substantially as set forth.

6. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, a cheese board pivoted on theframe, and means for rotating the board comprising a clutch wheeloperatively connected with said board and having a rim, a rock armpivoted concentrically with said wheel, an upwardly projecting lug onthe front side of said arm within said rim and forming a front abutment,an upwardly projecting lug arranged on the rear side of said arm outsideof said rim, a screw arranged in said outer lug and forming a rearabutment, a pawl resting on said arm between said front and rearabutments and having jaws constructed to engage with opposite sides ofsaid rim, and a hand lever operatively connected with said pawl,substantially as set forth.

7. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, a cheese board pivoted on theframe, and means for rotating the board comprising a clutch wheeloperatively connected with said board and having a rim, a rock armpivoted concentrically with said wheel, an upwardly projecting lug onthe front side of said arm within said rirn and forming a frontabutment, an upwardly projecting lug arranged on the rear side of saidarm outside of said rim, a screw arranged in said outer lug and forminga rear abutment, a pawl rest-ing on said arm between said front and rearabutn ments and having jaws constructed to engage with opposite sides ofsaid rim, and with a slot in its outer end, and a horizontally swinginghand lever having a pin which engages with the slot of said pawl,substantialy as set forth.

8. A cheese cutter comprising a frame, a cheese board pivoted on saidframe, means for rotating said board having an operating lever, a backstop which arrest the backward movement of said lever, va non-fololablestop adapted to arrest the hand lever at the end of the forward movementfor dividin the cheese according to weight, and a fo dable stop arrangedbetween the back stop and the non-foldable stop and adapted to arrestthe hand lever at the end of its forward movement for dvidino the cheeseaccording to a predetermined se ling price, substantially` as set forth.

fitness my hand this 27th d ay of January, 1906.

ADAM A. cnninnivAiuw.

Witnesses:

THEO. L. Pori), E. M. GRAHAM.

